Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat
Revelation 20:7-10
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Rev.20.7 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
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Parallels
- Revelation 20:1-3 (verbal): Earliest description of Satan being bound and cast into the abyss — provides the immediate background for his later release in 20:7.
- Revelation 20:8-10 (structural): Narrates the consequences of Satan's release (deceiving the nations, Gog and Magog, final defeat and consignment to the lake of fire), completing the episode begun in 20:7.
- 2 Peter 2:4 (allusion): Speaks of God casting sinful angels into chains of gloomy darkness to be kept for judgment — a parallel motif of supernatural beings bound until a future reckoning.
- Jude 6 (allusion): Also refers to angels who did not keep their proper domain and are kept in eternal chains under darkness for judgment, echoing the binding‑and‑release imagery.
- Isaiah 24:21-22 (thematic): Foretells a final punishment of the powers and rulers of the heavens and the earth — thematically related to Satan's ultimate judgment after his temporary release.
Alternative generated candidates
- When the thousand years were finished, Satan was released from his prison.
- When the thousand years are ended, Satan will be released from his prison.
Rev.20.8 - Details
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Morphology
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 38:2-16 (allusion): Direct allusion to the Gog and Magog tradition: a leader named Gog gathers nations for a great invasion/battle against Israel—Revelation echoes Ezekiel's imagery and role of Gog/Magog.
- Revelation 16:14 (thematic): Speaks of deceptive spirits going out to gather the kings of the earth for battle—parallels Rev 20:8's motif of nations being assembled for war by deceptive/evil agents.
- Revelation 7:1 (verbal): Uses the phrase of the 'four corners (or winds) of the earth'—both verses locate activity at the four directions of the world, linking cosmic/geographic scope.
- Genesis 10:2 (allusion): Lists Magog as a descendant of Japheth—provides the OT ethnic background for the name 'Magog' used in Revelation.
- Genesis 22:17 (verbal): Uses the simile 'as the sand of the sea' for innumerable number—parallels Rev 20:8's image for the vast host gathered for battle.
Alternative generated candidates
- He went out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle; their number was like the sand of the sea.
- He will go out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle; their number is like the sand of the sea.
Rev.20.9 - Details
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Parallels
- Ezekiel 38:11-12 (allusion): Ezekiel depicts Gog/Magog threatening to come 'against a land of unwalled villages' and 'to take spoil and to seize plunder,' paralleling Revelation's image of nations surrounding the land/camp.
- Ezekiel 39:6 (allusion): Ezekiel promises God will ‘‘send fire on Magog’’ and consume forces arrayed against Israel, closely echoing Revelation’s motif of divine fire destroying the assembled enemies.
- Psalm 2:1-3 (thematic): The nations 'rage' and 'plot' against the Lord and his anointed, a theme of hostile nations conspiring against God's people that underlies Revelation's scene of surrounding the beloved city.
- Genesis 19:24-25 (thematic): God’s judgment on Sodom—'the LORD rained down sulfur and fire from the LORD out of heaven'—parallels the image of fire from heaven consuming a city and its inhabitants.
- 2 Kings 1:10-12 (verbal): Elijah calls down fire from heaven to consume Ahaziah’s messengers ('fire came down from heaven and consumed them'), a close verbal parallel to Revelation’s description of fire coming down and devouring the hostile forces.
Alternative generated candidates
- They marched up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. Fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
- They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
Rev.20.10 - Details
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- και: CONJ
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Parallels
- Revelation 19:20 (verbal): Same scene and language: the beast and the false prophet are thrown into the lake of fire — a close verbal parallel within Revelation.
- Revelation 20:14-15 (structural): Identifies the lake of fire as the final destiny of Death and Hades and of those not in the book of life, situating Rev 20:10 within the book’s final judgment framework.
- Matthew 25:41 (thematic): Jesus pronounces eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels — thematically parallels the assignment of everlasting punishment to the devil in Rev 20:10.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:9 (thematic): Speaks of punishment of eternal destruction away from God's presence for the ungodly — echoes New Testament language of final, enduring judgment.
- Mark 9:48 (quoting Isaiah 66:24) (allusion): Image of unquenchable fire ('where their worm does not die and the fire is not quenched') used for eternal punishment, resonant with Revelation’s depiction of perpetual torment.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were thrown; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
- And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
When the thousand years were ended, Satan was released from his prison.
He went out to deceive the nations that are at the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to gather them for battle; their number was like the sand of the sea.
They marched up over the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them. And the devil who deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet already were; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.